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tait@ gieten jgatw't @ffice HENRY lSTON ER, OF LANCASTER, PENSYLVANIA 'Letters Patent No. 70,643, dated November 5, 1867.

A IMPROVEMENT 1N Horse-RAKES.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known thatI, HENRY K. STONER, of Lancaster, in the State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and improved Mode of Supporting the Iron Teeth on Horse-Rakes; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in whichi Figurel shows a cylindrical thimble, A, withv anarm, B, a lug, C,with a perforation'for the rake-tooth to pass through, set in a. line or parallel with the cylinder, and Aa lug, D, with an eyeforl headed screw-bolt, E7 set in a line with the projecting arm to which the end of the rake-tooth F is bolted through its eye f. Each tooth is attached to one of the'se cylindrical holders, which are of the requisite length, and slipped over lthellorizontal rod across the truck, as other ferrules or teeth-supports in use are held in some cases.

The nature of my invention consists in providing this cylinder or ferrule A with an arm, B, extending at 'a right angle to it, terminated with a lug or perforated ilange, D, or cross-head, C, in order to dispense with-the staple-guides, or their equivalent, as they must he of undue length' or arrest the tooth in its risc in passingover' al stump or other obstruction, and thereby raising the other teeth and dropping the hay, or be seriously injured orhroken otl; but the tooth so confined in the lug connected with the free action of the cylinder, acts independ-A ently on the rod, on which it canl turn up to any degree ofheight without ailectingthe adjoining teeth, while at the same time there is more'stendiness in the tooth, and by its eye it is readily taken oil' and a new one replaced by means of the bolt and nut. E.

The drawings and explanation already given will enable anyone skilled in the art to make and use my invention. It 'is only necessary to add that the arm B' can be extended backwards, with a lug, D', at its end, to which the eye f of the rake-tooth Fis bolted andl held inthe lug c on the cylinder A. This arrangement would produce some leverage, and cause the teeth to rise more easily. By attaching the' arm on the reverse or opposite side it is essentially the same, and is the plan adopted, as shown in the upper figure.

I am aware that cylindrical holders around which the teeth are fastened are in use, but not provided with an armwith a lug. Arms with a staple or spring attachment to a stationary holdenare in use, but these diier substantially in their'construction and operation. Such do not claim.

. What'I claim as my inventiomand desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The arrangement and' construction of 1a. cylinder, A, with an arm, B, extending from it'at right angles, when the rake-tooth F passes through alug, C, perforated for itsl reception,.land held by a headed bolt or its equiva-f lent, through its eye f in a lug, D, saidfl'ugs, arm, und cylinder all of one piece, substantially in the manner shown for the purpose specified.

' H. K.` STONER- Witnesses:

W.v B. WILEY, JACOB STAUFFER. 

